Bette Midler, Brooke Shields among 'Murphy Brown' guests LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bette Midler and Brooke Shields are among the guest stars dropping in on CBS' "Murphy Brown" revival. Midler was on the original sitcom as Caprice, one of many difficult, short-tenured secretaries to Candice Bergen's Murphy. CBS said Thursday the singer-actress is back as Caprice on the Nov. 8 episode, this time with a connection to Murphy that makes her even more unbearable. Shields is on the Nov. 15 episode as a former beauty-pageant pal of series star Faith Ford's Corky who emerges from a long coma. The episode with Midler also features Katie Couric playing herself and former "Night Court" star John Larroquette as a judge. Peter Gallagher appears as a conservative news anchor covering elections with Murphy's son, played by Jake McDorman, on the Nov. 1 "Murphy Brown" episode
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 9:01 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:29 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A long time ago, I learned that TV producers rarely (if ever) had me in >> mind when making new shows. Much as in a singles bar, I just am not in >> anybody's target demographic. The original Murphy Brown was hit or miss for >> me; I wasn't very political at the time, so most of the topical jokes fell >> flat. But when the show was good, it was great. The Harry "I'm the change >> guy" Shearer episode still makes me laugh out loud. >> >> The premiere of the new series wasn't very funny... but it was very >> comfortable. That said, I don't know who the producers have in mind with >> this series. As I recall, Murphy Brown was extremely popular with liberal >> women... so is The View... so why dump on it? >> >> I was reminded of the Lou Grant series, which was a dramatic series based >> on a sitcom character. I think the new Murphy Brown would be better as a >> one hour drama (or dramedy... if you must), still able to include humor, >> but allowing for more mature or sophisticated subject matter. But had they >> done that, it would have been targeted towards me... and that just won't >> happen. >> > > Lou Grant wasn't a spinoff of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, it was an hour > drama with the title character and actor taken from MTM. Just like L&O:SVU > wasn't a spinoff from Homicide, just Richard Belzer's Detective Munch came > over. > > Brian Teta was a producer on Dave's Late Show and became an executive > producer on The View when Dave went off the air. He has posted comments in > the alt.fan.letterman forum since the show went off the air and I think he > is happy to still be working on TV rather than worn to a frazzle like Miles > was supposed to be. > > Pilot shows have to do double duty, explaining who the characters are and > how they relate to each other (and in this case what happened to them in > the intervening years) as well as set the comedic tone and give viewers an > idea of how fun it will be to hang out with these people for a half hour > every week. It's going to take an episode or two to see if they will be > bringing something new or just basking in nostalgia. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
